Each year the Child Poverty Action Group provides an analysis of the Government's budget, looking at key areas including health, housing, education and income support and the impact of budget allocations on alleviating child poverty in New Zealand.
READ OUR ANALYSIS OF BUDGET 2021
Wellington speakers: Hon Andrew Little, Minister of Health, Professor Girol Karacaoglu Head of School Of Government Victoria University of Wellington, Judge Andrew Becroft Children's Commissioner, Professor Michael Baker MNZM Department of Public Health University of Otago
Dr Yvonne Anderson, Paediatrician, Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, MC - Professor Nikki Turner Director of the Immunisation Advisory Centre
Auckland speakers: Dr Danny de Lore, Paediatrician, Lakes DHB, Royal Australasian College of Practitioners Indigenous Child Health Working Group, Chair, Janet McAllister, Child Poverty Action Group, Bernie Smith, CEO, Monte Cecilia Housing Trust, MC - Associate Professor Khylee Quince
Christchurch speakers: MC Dame Sue Bagshaw, Professor Paul Dalziel - Professor of Economics
Professor Bronwyn Hayward, University of Canterbury - Sustainability and Children’s flourishing in Ōtautahi Christchurch, Gina-Lee Duncan – Kōanga Kai and Whānau Ora, Ihorangi Reweti-Peters - Dreams for young people’s care and support in Aotearoa.
Nelson: This year, CPAG Nelson Tasman will stream the CPAG and Public Health Association’s Wellington event, with final commentary from Lisa Lawrence, Kaiwhakahaere, Motueka Family Service Centre. (See speaker list above)
Tauranga speakers: Alan Johnson, Child Poverty Action Group Management Committee, Janet McAllister, Child Poverty Action Group Researcher, Tommy Wilson, Te Tuinga Whanau